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Carper Testifies in Front of CEQ on Trump Administration’s NEPA Proposal

February 25, 2020

Ranking Member: “NEPA reminds us that our government is one that is ‘of the people, for the people and by the people.’ Sadly, this proposal and this process have been just the opposite.”

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Carper, EPW Democrats Ask EPA to Share its Plan to Address PFAS Contamination at Superfund Sites

May 21, 2020

New interactive map shows 180 Superfund sites across the country where EPA has identified PFAS contamination, but questions remain about additional sites, and the agency’s plan to address that contamination

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Carper Statement on the Trump Administration’s SAFE Vehicles Rule

March 31, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration’s finalization of its roll back of the Obama-era vehic...

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33 Senators Introduce Legislation to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S. by No Later Than 2050

February 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, was joined by 32 Senators in introducing legislation that would put the United States on a path to achieve net-ze...

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Carper Releases New Staff Report on EPA’s Pandemic of Pollution

May 20, 2020

Ahead of EPA Administrator Wheeler’s testimony before the Senate EPW Committee, Ranking Member Carper releases new staff report describing potential link between air pollution and COVID-19, EPA’s rollbacks of clean air protections during the coronavirus pandemic

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Tom Carper (D - DE)
Minority News
September 17, 2020
Senate Passes Bipartisan Wildlife Conservation Legislation
September 16, 2020
Opening Statement of Ranking Member Carper: “Stakeholder Reactions: The Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act.”
September 15, 2020
Carper Requests EPA IG Investigation into Irregularities at the EPA Office of General Counsel
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